The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication and is
not binding precedent of the Board
Paper No. 34
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YOSHIKI HASHIMOTO
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Appeal No. 2000-0196
Application 08/796,478
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, LALL and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent
Judges.
LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-5, 7-10 and 15-17.
Claim 6 has been indicated as allowable, and claims 11-14 have
been canceled.
The disclosed invention relates to an ultrasonic
levitation and transport system in which an essentially flat-
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